NHS staff are calling on former colleagues, patients and the public to help celebrate 50 years of neurosurgery this November.

As part of its golden anniversary, the department of neurosurgery at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, is looking for any memorabilia - old photographs, equipment and written memories - from its early days at Hemlington Hospital, to its move to Middlesbrough General Hospital through to the present time.

Consultant neurosurgeon and chief of service Phil Kane said: "We're hoping to run a series of events from November into the following year to celebrate the department's 50th anniversary.”

Anyone who can help should contact the public relations department on 01642 854343 or email public.relations@stees.nhs.uk.